To me, Cynthia Clawson's signature song, was written by her husband, Ragan Courtney...after watching a dramatization of Lottie Moon's life. Moon was a Baptist missionary to China many, many years ago. This song, I Heard About a Man, brings tears to my eyes:

I heard about a Man, who came to live in timeHe did happy things with water and new wine.He helped the crippled up, and He made the blind to see.And then you know what else He did? He gave Himself for me.

He was a simple man. He really had no home.He’d go and stay where He was asked; the next morning He’d be gone.He made the leper whole, and He set the prisoner free.And then you know what else He did? He came to stay with me.

Because I know this one who is man, and yet divine,Because I know what love can do in just a second’s time,Because He made me truly whole, He’s the one who gave my soul a song to sing.

He was a humble man, yet always He was bold.He’d stop and talk for just a spell and see clear to your soul.He fed a hungry crowd, and He withered up a tree.And then you know what else He did? He blossomed forth in me!

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I would definitely have to agree with you! This song is very special to our family. Our oldest son was born in 1985 with multiple handicaps - he could do nothing for himself. But, the Man most assuredly blossomed forth in Jordan. This beautiful work of art was sung 8 years later at his funeral.

About Me

I was born and raised in the Huntsville, Alabama area. I went to college in Cleveland, Tennessee, was in the United States Air Force for ten years, and then returned to Tennessee for graduate school.
After graduate school, I worked for a short while in Cleveland, and then had the opportunity to move to Chicago...and I did...I've never looked back...this is a wonderful city! My passion is to see people take the plunge and be "all they can possibly be" and then become even more....to spend their lives well, and to reap the rewards of "being fully alive." One of the great anecdotes is from a song I learned as a teenager, "Yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come...but we have this moment today." I want to be fully alive today!
Between my work and my local church involvement, I stay very busy--and that part will probably never change.

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